Expressions of Affection and Exhortations to Faithfulness

1, 2. Salutation. According to the promise of life] St. Paul declares himself appointed an Apostle with the view of his spreading the knowledge of the life which had been promised and was now being enjoyed by Christians adopted in Christ.

3-5. The happy assurance of Timothy's faithfulness which St. Paul's recollections of past years supply him with.

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